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- noun Plural form of
membrane .
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For the information of the _unprofessional_ reader, I beg to observe, that the membranes of the brain are _serous membranes_.
Remarks on the Subject of Lactation Edward Morton
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The growth of large multilamellar fatty acid vesicles fed with fatty acid micelles, in a solution where solute permeation across the membranes is slow, results in the transformation of initially spherical vesicles into long thread-like vesicles, a process driven by the transient imbalance between surface area and volume growth.
Better Bubbles 2009
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The transfer of viruses from hands to mucus membranes is what causes colds.
The Virtual Handshake, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Cell walls are known as membranes, and it's through the proteins found in them that cells communicate with each other, fending off diseases or succumbing to them.
Artificial Cell Membranes Could Speed Up Drug Discovery Emily Veach 2011
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The researchers say that forming the cement into thin membranes would make it nearly transparent, making it an ideal substitute material for rare metals such as indium, which is used in plasma and liquid-crystal displays.
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Bending of membranes is only a precursor to forming a pore.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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Bending membranes is sufficient to form invaginations, useful for vesicle formation.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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This requires more research, but I don't see a fundamental problem. hrun: Bending of membranes is only a precursor to forming a pore.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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The 60 pound navigator raised his slender wings over his head and made the thin membranes quiver mockingly with feigned fear. “Oh my God, the mighty King Lizard is going to bite my head off.
365 tomorrows » 2006 » September : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2006
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Binding membranes is sufficient to form invaginations, useful for vesicle formation.
Albert de Roos: A design hypothesis for the evolution of the nucleus 2006
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